Active clinical trials for "Cystic Fibrosis"

The purpose of this study is to see if inhaled bicarbonate will increase the ability to cough up mucus in a person with cystic fibrosis.

The purpose of this phase II research study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the next generation LYM-X-SORB™ in improving the essential fatty acid (EFA) and choline status for children and adolescents with Cystic Fibrosis (CF) and pancreatic insufficiency (PI).

Adherence to treatment is a major challenge in cystic fibrosis (CF). Motivational Interviewing (MI) is increasingly used to address this, but its effectiveness is unknown. We investigated the clinical impact of an MI intervention, delivered by a specifically trained pharmacist, on adherence to inhaled antibiotics (IA).

A multifactorial, parallel group, randomised control study in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients aged 13-30 years over an 18 month period. Patients will be offered read-only access to their CF registry electronic health record (CF View), or educational videos on CF (videos), or videos and CF View, or usual standard of care. The study aims are to examine the effect of patient access to C View on a range of clinical outcomes, health service usage, health literacy and patient reported outcomes.

The aim of the study is to look for risk factors of developing osteoporosis in patients with cystic fibrosis. Blood cells called monocytes will be obtained from a blood sample. These monocytes will make possible to form another class of cells called osteoclasts in the laboratory. These latter cells are responsible for bone degradation and therefore promote the increase of bone fragility. The research will focus on the characterization of these cells to better understand their potential (low, medium or high) to increase bone fragility in patients with cystic fibrosis. Finally the action of CFTR modulators on these bone cells will be tested.

This project is a single-center feasibility study of MyVoice:CF, a patient-facing, web-based decision aid. Aim 1) Assess the acceptability, feasibility, and usability of MyVoice:CF for women with CF and multidisciplinary adult CF providers. Aim 2) Assess the preliminary efficacy of MyVoice:CF related to patient-provider communication, shared decision-making, knowledge, and self-efficacy for women with CF related to reproductive health concerns.

This proposed pilot study will assess if the Patch Technology system will increase adherence in patients with cystic fibrosis followed at the UTHSCSA Cystic Fibrosis Center.

A trial investigating the effect of a sinus rinse in people with CF

Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is a disease without a primary cure that requires lifelong care and is characterized by pulmonary exacerbations (PEx). Wearable devices could provide a way for long-term monitoring of disease progression and early signs of PEx to intervene as early as possible, thereby improving long-term outcomes. This in-hospital feasibility study will assess the ability of Byteflies Sensor Dots to collect relevant cardiorespiratory data in people with CF and its compatibility with clinical workflows, 2) identify candidate digital biomarkers, and 3) collect user feedback from patients and healthcare providers.

Since September 1st, 2009, Taiwan has begun to pay attention to the care of patients with organ failure, dementia and the elderly, and brought eight of non-cancer terminal patients into health insurance subsidies to implement the goal of universal palliative care and local aging. Taiwan has entered the aged society since March 2018, become the heavy burden of expenditure in Taiwan because of the health care needs and costs associated with the rapid aging of the population. With advanced medical technology, when facing inevitable death situation, should not use too much medical treatment on terminally ill patients. The waste of medical resources and bring both patients and family members so much pain. In Taiwan, people have misconception about tranquil palliative care. The low rate of home palliative care for non-terminal cancer patients. The purpose of this study is investigating the eight non-cancer terminal caregivers' knowledge, attitudes and service intentions of palliative care, and getting the result by research intervention. In this study, a randomized experimental research design was applied by two-group pre-and post-test. The targets are the eight non-cancer terminal caregivers in a home care institution of a regional teaching hospital located in Yilan. Targets' ID end with odd numbers are in experimental group received shared mode intervention, and even numbers are in control group received home routine care. The experimental group was implementing measures of weekly shared mode intervention in 20 to 60 minutes for six weeks; the control group started to implement measures of home care medical instructions booklet in the third week. The content of the outcome measurement questionnaire includes: basic information of the eight non-cancer terminal caregivers, the palliative care knowledge scale, the palliative care attitude scale, and palliative care service initiation intention scale. Data were analyzed by statistical methods such as descriptive analysis, independent sample t-test, paired-samples t-test, Pearson correlation analysis and one-way ANOVA.